Author: Jay Ruud
Zen Rice and Ramen
Review No. 105: Zen Rice and Ramen 605 Salem Road 52.4 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants (501) 504-6926 The Situation She Said: I was eating down a cold, and the perfect prescription seemed to be a tasty, fresh, noodle-y soup like ramen. So, we went to see what Zen Rice and Ramen could do… Continue reading Zen Rice and Ramen
Church’s Chicken
Review No. 104: Church’s Chicken 500 W. Oak St. (501) 513-4700 51.9 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: I know I like to harp on how many Mexican restaurants there are in Conway. It’s no secret that there are a lot of pizza places and a lot of barbecue places as… Continue reading Church’s Chicken
Beirut
Beirut Brad Anderson (2018) [av_image src=’http://jayruud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/SusannTennyson.jpg’ attachment=313′ attachment_size=’square’ align=’left’ animation=’left-to-right’ link=” target=” styling=” caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] Let’s deal first with the elephant in the room: Brad Anderson’s new film Beirut has received a good deal of negative advance publicity, including a condemnation from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, which called the portrayal of… Continue reading Beirut
Taqueria Gonzalez
Review No. 103: Taqueria Gonzalez 505 Dave Ward Drive 51.6 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants (501) 358-5875 The Situation She Said: After a morning of conference calls, I wanted to get out of my home office and eat something delicious for lunch. We’d been hearing about Taqueria Gonzalez for a little while, so off… Continue reading Taqueria Gonzalez
A Quiet Place
A Quiet Place John Krasinski (2018) [av_image src=’http://jayruud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Tennyson-180×180.jpg’ attachment=’77’ attachment_size=’square’ align=’left’ animation=’left-to-right’ link=” target=” styling=” caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’] John Krasinski’s new film A Quiet Paceis making a lot of noise at the box office this week, and scoring a big buzz among critics, who are nearly unanimous in their admiration of the movie. Krasinski, probably… Continue reading A Quiet Place
John Donne’s “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”
Ted Hughes’ “6 September 1997”
Jim’s Razorback Pizza
Review No. 102: Jim’s Razorback Pizza 815 Hogan Lane 51.1 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants (501) 327-1180 The Situation He Said: Jim’s Razorback Pizza has a couple of other locations in central Arkansas, plus some in other parts of the state, so it’s a local kind of chain. The restaurant here opened quite recently,… Continue reading Jim’s Razorback Pizza
Ready Player One
Ready Player One Steven Spielberg (2018) [av_image src=’http://jayruud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Tennyson-180×180.jpg’ attachment=’77’ attachment_size=’square’ align=’left’ animation=’left-to-right’ link=” target=” styling=” caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’] The box office champion of this past weekend by a wide margin was Steven Spielberg’s newest effort, Ready Player One, a slick CGI extravaganza bringing to the screen Ernest Cline’s 2011 best-selling novel of the same name. Now… Continue reading Ready Player One